| Description |
viii, 340 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), facsimiles, maps, photographs (chiefly color) ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
The most inhuman system that ever blackened the pages of history -- Until no slave should be found in our land -- That mock metropolis of freedom -- The flesh-mongers -- Slavery's borderland -- Safe from the fangs of Robert Gilmor -- The laughingstock letters -- That vile wretch Slatter -- Very vigilant officers! -- Between two fires -- A fugitive from justice -- Perhaps reckless -- Let the strife go on -- Fly to Canada, and begin anew -- Resident capitalist -- Epilogue: No breeze comes. |
| Summary |
"A riveting account of the extraordinary abolitionist, liberator, and writer Thomas Smallwood, who bought his own freedom, led hundreds out of slavery, and named the underground railroad, from Pulitzer Prize-winning author and journalist, Scott Shane. Flee North tells the story for the first time of an American hero all but lost to history." -- Publisher's website. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [305]-327) and index. |
| Subject |
Smallwood, Thomas, 1801-1883.
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Torrey, Charles T. (Charles Turner), 1813-1846.
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Slatter, Hope H. (Hope Hull), 1790-1853.
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Slavery -- United States -- History.
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Abolitionists -- United States -- History.
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African American abolitionists -- History.
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Slave trade -- Maryland -- History.
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Fugitive slaves -- Maryland -- History.
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Fugitive slaves -- Washington (D.C.) -- History.
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| Genre |
Biographies.
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| Added Title |
Forgotten hero and the fight for freedom in slavery's borderland |
| ISBN |
9781250843210 |
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1250843219 |
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